Centrifugal blower and cutter for comminuting and conveying fodder



Feb- 15, 1954 P. R. T. TRECKMANN CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER AND CUTTER FOR COMMINUTING AND CONVEYING FoDDER Filed oct. 15, 1951 fir-1al INVENTOR pq u l Re befr-', Theodor-)gM-,M xml HtkoYnbl/S.

atented Feb. 16, 1954 i CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER AND CUTTER FOR COMMINUTING AND CONVEYING FIODDER Paul Robert Theodor Treckmann, Bodau Uber Bensheim a. d. Bergstrasse, Germany, assigner to N. V. Maatschappij Tot Exploiteren van Octrooien en Licenties Matepa s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, a corporation of the NetherlandsV Application october 15', 1951, serial No. 251,435 l Claims priority, application Germany otbel.' 16, 1950 4 Claims. (Cl. 14d-1.07)

For conveying green fodder and like products centrifugal blowers are known, in which the material to be conveyed is introduced into a current of air produced by a blowing device, while in lagriculture it is also known to pass such material through a blower in order to convey it. Moreover, it has also already been proposed to connect a comminuting machine, such as a chaff cutter, to such a blower.

The invention relates to a novel construction of a'blower, which enables the latter to serve at the Sametime as a comminuting or shredding device.

According to the invention the blades of a centrifugal blower comprising a feed hopper and an outlet to be connected to a conveying conduit, consist of separate short and long teeth, which cooperate with cutter bars provided in the casing of the blower. Preferably two cutter barsy are provided according to the invention, one of which is comb-shaped. In the successive blades the short and the long teeth are mounted in staggered relationship, in such a manner that the long teeth can pass through the spaces between the teeth of the comb-shaped cutter bar and past the cutting edge of the other cutter bar. As a result the material taken along by the blades out of the feed hopper, will be thoroughly comminuted on its way to the outlet between the blades and the cutter bars cooperating therewith. According to the invention that portion of the casing of the blower which links up with the feed hopper can be constructed as a flap yielding in opposition to a spring, in order to enable hard objects which may be present in the material, to be discharged from the blower. As circumstances require a conveying tube directed upwardly or more or less horizontally, is connected to the outlet of the blower.

In order to illustrate the invention an embodiment of the blower will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a movable apparatus;

Figure 2 is a section of the line II-II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows a comb-shaped cutter bar according to a section taken on the line III- III in Figure 1.

On a one axled carriage frame I a casing 3 of a blower provided with a feed hopper 2 is mounted, in which casing a drum 5 carrying blades 4 is rotatably supported. The drum 5 which via a belt 6 can be driven with a controllable speed by an electromotor 'I mounted on the carriage frame VI displaces the. material supplied by the feed hopper 2 towards the outlet 8,

. to which outlet, as circumstances require, a conveying tube III or 9 directed upwardly or more or less horizontally, is connected.

The blades 4 comprise short and long teeth Il and I2, which according to a pre-determined distribution are mounted in staggered relationship Vin the successive blades. The shell 2i! of the casing 3 is so dimensioned that its diameter is only little larger than the diametrical distance between, of the cutting edges of thelong teeth I2.

The blades 4 cooperate with two cutter bars I3 and Ill mounted in the shell 2D, cutter bar I3 which is the rst as seen looking in the direction of rotation of drum, having a straight cutting edge turned towards the cutting edges of the teeth I2. The subsequent cutter bar It is comb-shaped and the teeth I5 of this cutter bar are distributed and dimensioned in accordance with the distribution and dimensions of the teeth II and I2, so that the teeth I5 form a comb through which the teeth I2 of the blades can pass. The material sucked out of the hoppe 2 by the drum 5 provided with the blades 4 is consequently thoroughly comminuted by the teeth I2 moving past the cutter bar It and by the teeth II moving past the teeth I5 and moving through the spaces between the teeth It, and is subsequently conveyed to the outlet.

In order to prevent the cutter bars I3 and It and the blades 4 from being damaged, the portion of the shell of the casing 3 linking up with the hopper 2 is constructed as a flap It pivoting on a shaft I'I, said flap being loaded by an adjustable spring I8. The ap I6 is guided between adjustable side walls I9 and will open under the pressure of a hard object jammed between the flap I6 and the blades 4. The flap I6 will finally run against a stop 2l on the side walls I9 and will thereafter take along these side walls. The bottom 22 connecting these side walls I9 is consequently moved backwards, so that the hard object will be discharged from the apparatus.

The apparatus according to the invention is not only suited for conveying and comminuting agricultural produce, b-ut can also be used for conveying and comminuting industrial products.

I claim:

l. In a centrifugal blower for conveying and comminuting agricultural produce and the like, a feed hopper, a casing connected to said hopper for receiving and accommodating rotating parts, a rotary drum, a plurality of blades on said drum,

said blades being parallel to the axis of rotation, said blades being formed by a plurality of adjacent teeth vwhich radialedirectioninclude both long4 andshort'zteeth, a stationary'cutter bar having a straight cutting edge, said bar being mounted on the casing at such a distance from the rotary blades, thatthelonglteeth of the blades pass at a small-fdista'ncefromfthe said cutting edge, at least -one comb-shaped cutter bar having protruding Vteeth uvifithhspaces therebetween, said comb shaped fbar :being mounted on the casing, in-.the direction1ofrotation, behind said stationaryicutterl' barfthel-long teeth of the rotating blades during their rotation passing through said spaces'andianoutletior thel comminuted material connected tosaid-casing.

2. In a centrifugal blower for conveyingifard comminuting agricultural produce and the like, a feed hopper, a casingconnected to said hopper for receiving and accommodating rotating parts, 'a'rotary d1-unta pluralityof blades onsai`d"drm, l'said-'blades' beingI parallelxtdfthe airis^-of rotation, "said blades being"formed#by af-plurality of-fadjacent teethwhich inV radial direction 'include Iboth long and shortfteethgan odd number of-#sho'rt teeth Vbeing '-provided between 4each 4vtwo long teeth, the long teethlf theseparate" bladesibeing staggered relative to one another aridllbeingin A-diflt'erent"radial, planes,- a ystationary ycutterF-bar having a' straight cutting edge, saidl abar beingi mounted von the'fcasing atl 'such af distance? from the -`rotary l"blades that: the `long Iteeth pass -f-a small distance from said cutting edge, at least one comb-shaped cutter bar having protruding teeth AWith spaces therebetween, Nsaid comb- "shaped bar being mo'untedion theslcasng, in the direction of rotation, behind said stationary 3."In,acentriiugal blower as claimed in claim LJ., whereinsbetween the feed hopper and the first iblade Isaid.-'casing;is constructed as a ap and ,being rs-pivotable toutwards, and an adjustable spring biasingffsaid flap to closed position.

--4.-Inacentritugal blower as claimed in claim 3,r tWo sidewalls, said flap being guided between .ssaidtvvoside Walls, la bottom interconnecting said side Walls and a stop for said flap.

PAUL ROBERT THEODOR TRECKMAN N. 

